Secret pocket construction for handbags



Sept. 5, 1950 H. B. KIRSCH EI'AL 2,521,377

SECRET POCKET consmucuon FOR HANDBAGS Filed Jan. 1s, 1947 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTORS HERMAN 5. K/ASCH BY M4 A, roRNEY Sept. 5, 1950 H. B. KlRSCH EI'AL SECRET POCKET CONSTRUCTION FOR HANDBAGS Filed Jan. 18, 1947 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTORS HERMAN 5.102501 EM/L E OR/NSKY BY I Patented Sept. 5, 1950 'HANDBAGS SECRET POCKET CONSTRUCTIONFOR Y HermanB; Kirsch aind -Emil'e Orinsky,

"New York, N.

. Application January 18, 19.4."l; Serial No. ''722,898

1 This invention relates to secret .p'oc'ket. construction for handbags. t

It isan object ofthe inventionto provide "asecret pocket construction for handbags'such as carried by women, wherefinassociation with the usual pocket provided fora mirror or 'likeia'ccessory, a second 'pocket;ia part of the construction, will not be visible, orfnoticeable or "accessible without an actual thorough inspection of "the'bag.

It is an object of the inventionito providea' construction "for the lining of handbagssofthat, by a simple'operation "in theassemblyof apluralityof 7 Claims. (onto- 3 Fig. 3 isarc'rossesectional wiewtakensubstantiall'y on the line 3 3 transverselyof..Fig..-2 -015a detail of the bag construction;

Figi' is a planview of-a .piece of the. lining,

one of the gpbcket-iorm'ing .members .being.sh0wn fabric sections; there results a plurality of pockets wherein one of the 'pockets,fwhileaccessible, is still so guarded'thatflinles's the method of-access to the pocket is known,*"thepoint of entry to the pocket may not'rea'di'lybe discovered; nor will the pocket be visible nofdi'scloseits presence at the outsideofth'e bag. g Y v Other objects of theinventi'on'willbe set forth hereinafter, 'or win be apparent from the "description "and the clrairiings, in "which is illustrated an embodiment exemplifyingthe invention.

The invention, however, is notintended .to be restricted to any particularconstruction, 0r any particular arrangement of parts, or "any "particular applicationo'f any such construction or arrangement of parts, or anys'pecificm'ethod'of operation or use, orany of the'various details there-- offeven where specifically shown and describ'ed therinfas the same may be 'lrlodifieiiiin various particulars, or may beappl'iedin many'vari'edrelation'spwithout' departing from 'thespirit and scope'of the claimed invention, of which the exemplffyin'g "embodiment, herein "shown and 'deseribed,*isinten'ded to *be"'il1ustrative' only, and

only forthe purpose -of complying with't-he'r'equirements'of'the statutes 'for'fiisclosure of ano'pw erative embodiment, but not to showali the-various forms and modifications 'in'w'vhieh the'inven- Fig. l isan 'elevational view of a handbag, the

frame 'at 'the mouth thereof-being shown wen, a part .1 of the frame being-broken away to -disclose the associatiorr of a lining embodying features of the-invention therewithfa part-'01 the'lining be-= ing-zbroken awa'yg "Fig. 2: isea vertical cross=sectionalview substam tial lyfon 'thel line 2-'2 of Fig; 1, part of the frame beingibroken awayand -the' purse'loeing' shown in elevation;

by dot-and-dash'linesthereon;

Fig. 5 is a plan View of the pocket-forming member;

Fig. "6 is a cross-sectional view substantially on thefilin' 35.0f. Fig. 5,;

'Fig. 7.is a plan view illustrating one of the'?s'teps in makingithe lining of the bag, showing'the parts as superimposed one upon the other, and illustrating certain of the steps of theoperation;

Fig. 8' is .aftransverse cross-sectional view ofthe detail of Eig.7', substantially on the line 8+8 of Fig.7;

Fig. 9, is a plan'view of cneof the portionsofithe material enteringinto the making of thelliri in'g; "Fig." 10 isa view similar to Fig. 7 but at a further stageof the operation of making thelinin'g,

with the secret pocket-forming member pushed through the slit; 7 I

' Fig. 11 is a cross-sectional view substantially on the""-1ine I l--"'l,l df Fig; .10., and. illustrating the manner in which the 'secret pocket is pushed through the $1111; and then stitched together;

FigH'lQ is 'an elev'ational view illustrating"'the positioningbf theseveral parts of the secretpocket' forrning members at the final stitchingoperation;-and

illustrating the arrangement 'of the parts inFig. 1'2;"but'witlh the flap'extended as shown inFig. 1 2, and not folded into the pocket "asishowriiin Fig'lj 2.

f Forthe purpose of illustration only,'th'e inventionfi's-shown in connection'with a handbag 'l fl toafrarne 12 for "which" is attached the usual outereloth or-dther walls l4. Associated with walls Misfth'e usual lining is. Lining .16 may be formed "from a plurality .of fabric sections 118 and 20; they are united to definetheinn'erwalls of'the receptacle" interior 22 of the bag. 'Inf'the final arrangement, sections l8 and ZD'arestitched together at'theassociated edges 24, andgthus pocket-defining member 28 is formed. Pieces a:

fabric 30 and a section 32 of a stiffening .ma-

stitched*toigtheifthey will form "an oblong body ig. 13 isa-view substantially on the line |3 |3,'

portion 34 and a flap member 36. The pieces and section are positioned in superimposed relation; then they are stitched together along their edges. Flap member 36 so produced is reduced in width from that dimension of body portion 34. Portion 34 is intended to be folded upon itself; its dimensions are such that, when so folded, and withoutmember 36, the body portion, applied to section 20, will produce a pocket 38.

Before pocket 38 is formed, a piece 40 of lining material is cut. Piece 40, as shown here, is slightly wider than body portion 34, thus providing material for formation of seams. Its

length may be greater than that of body portion 34. Pocket-defining member 28, stitched together in the manner indicated, may have flap member 36 folded along line 42; it is now positioned upon section 26, as shown in Fig. 7, so that the midline 44 of member 28 will assume a position on section 20 substantially that which the bottom edge 46 of pocket 38 will assume when lining I6 is assembled with walls l4. Piece 46 is now superimposed on member 2350 that its edges 48 are substantially parallel with and equally spaced from edges 50 of member 28, and so that its midline is substantially above or coincident with midline 44..

A pair of lines of stitching 52 are now struck through, member 28, piece 46 and lining section 20, as shown in Fig. 7. The rows of stitching are spaced apart but a very small distance, but sufiicient to permit slitting the material through all layers, that is, section 20, piece 40 and member 28, after the stitching operation has been completed, to form a slit 54 between the lines. ,In order to produce the illusion of an ordinary pocket, the operator may now bunch together the freely extending halves 56 and 58 of piece 40, now secured to member 28 by lines of stitching 52. Then the operator folds member 26 so that its bottom half 66, bearing flap member.36, is now superimposed upon the bunched together halves of piece 46, and, of course, upon the other half 62 of member 28. Then a line of stitching 64 may be struck through bottom half 66 of member 28 and bottom half 56 of piece 40, but without engaging any of the other layers. This can be effected by locating the stitching means so that, at the time line of stitching 64 isproduced, the needle will pass through slit 54.

Now halves'56 and 58 are pushed through slit 54, as shown in Figs. and 11. Half 60 is now folded upwardly, as shown in Figs. 12 and 13, and positioned directly upon and against half 62which has now been positioned, folded against lining section 20. Flap member 36 may have been or may now be folded over edge 66 of half 62. In this position, edges 68 of flap member 36 are within and spaced from edges 56. Now lines qf jstitching 10 are struck through the superimposed halves 6!! and 62 and lining section along edgesifl. The stitching, of course, will notengage through edges 68. Thus pocket 38 is defined between lining section 20 and half 62, flap member 36 then extending into that pocket.

"l low-the associated edges 48 and halves 56 and 58 maybe secured together in any desired manner toprovide a pocket 12 extending downwardly from and secured at the edges of slit 54. Access to pocket .12 'is had only if flap member 36 is raised out of pocket 38. Then that access would be hadbetween halves 60 and 62, and through slit 54. It will be noted that pocket .12 extends below slit 54, and is housed .entirely betweenlinin 'sectifin fl and walls I4. Thus it is not visible from outside the bag. The line of stitching E4, together with lines of stitching ID, will simulate the usual pocket, so that it will be necessary that a person be conversant with the bag structure in order to realize that removal of flap member 36 provides access through a passage between halves 69 and 62 to a pocket 12.

After lining section 20 has had member 28 and piece 40 assembled with-itjin the manner indicated, it may be assembled with lining section l8, and with walls 14- and frame l2, properly to construct the finished bag.

Many other changes could be effected in the particular construction, and in the methods of use and construction, and in specific details theredeparting from the invention defined in the claims, the specific description being merely of an embodiment capable of illustrating certain principles of the invention.

What is claimed as new and useful is: I

l. A secret pocket construction for handbags or the like, comprising a main lining section, a compartment-defining section and a secret-pocket-forming section, the sections being superimposed one upon the other, being secured to each other along closely adjacent lines, and having coincident openings formed in each of them be tween said lines, the portions of the secret-pocket-forming section beyond said lines being folded back on themselves and extended through the openings, the portions of the compartment-defining section beyond the openings being superimposed on each other to conceal the openings and in that position being secured to the main lining. section, and edges of the extended secretpocket--- forming portions being secured together to form a pocket opening at the coincident openings.

2. Secret pocket construction for handbags or the like, wherein the handbag is provided with a lining formed from a main lining section; the pocket construction comprisin said main lining section, a compartment-defining section and a secret-pocket-forming section superimposed one upon the other, being secured together by a pair of closely adjacent lines of stitching, and having coincident openings formed in each of them between said lines of stitching, portions of the secret-pocket-forming section beyond said lines be-, ing extended through all of the openings so that the compartment-defining section remains on one side of the main lining and the main body of the secret-pocket-forming section is positioned on the opposite side of the main lining, the com-- partment-defining and main lining sections being secured together to form a pocket, and the secret-pocket-forming section being secured together to form a pocket opening at said coincident opening.

3. Secret pocket construction for handbags or the like, wherein the handbag is provided with a lining formed from a main lining section; the pocket construction comprising a compartmentdefining section and a secret-pocket-forming sec-, tion, the last named sections being of substantially equal width, all of the sections being positioned in superimposed relation, the sections being secured together along closely adjacent lines and having coincident openings formed in each of them between a pair of the lines, the openings being less in extent than the width of any of the sections, portions of the secret-pocket-forming section beyond said lines being extended through all of the openings, the extended portions being secured together to form a pocket opening at the openings, the compartment-defining section being folded upon itself and against thelining section, and means for securing the folded compartment-defining section to the liningsection to form a pocket and a concealed entrance to the openings.

4. In a handbag, a main lining section having a transverse slit therein, a pair of pocket-forming v members, one member having an edge thereof secured to the lining immediately adjacent one edge of the slit and the other member havin an edge thereof secured to the lining immediately adjacent the other edge of the slit, a pair of pocketdefining layers superimposed on the pocket-forming members and secured immediately at the slit,

the layers being folded back over the secured together edges at and extended through the slit, the members being superimposed on each other and on the lining section, means securing the superimposed members along their side edges and to the lining section to form a pocket with the lining section, and the edges of the layers extendthe portions of the layers extended through the.

slit to each other to form a pocket opening through the slit, the members being folded into superimposed relation to each other and the lining to cover the slit, andmeans for securing the edges of the superimposed edges to each other and to the lining for defining a pocket with the lining section and a passage between the members to the slit.

6. In a handbag, a main lining section having a transverse slit therein, a pair of pocket-forming members and a pair of pocket-defining layers superimposed on each other'and secured to the main lining section immediately at the slit, one of the members having a flap section at its end, the layers being folded back on themselves to extend over and cover the secured together substantially juxtaposed edges at the slit, means for securing the portions of the layers extended through the slit toeach other to form a pocket opening through the slit, the members being folded into superimposed relation to each other and the lining to cover the slit, and means for securing the edges of the superimposed members to each other and to the lining for defining a pocket with the lining section and a passage between the members to the slit, the flap being left free.

7. In a handbag, a main lining section having a transverse slit therein, a pair of pocket-forming members and a pair of pocket-defining layers superimposed on each other and secured to the main lining section immediately at the slit, one of the members having a flap section at its end, the layers being folded back on themselves to extend over and cover the secured together substantially juxtaposed edges at theslit, means for securing the portions of the layers extended through the slit to each other to form a pocket opening through the slit, the members being folded into superimposed relation to each other and the lining to cover the slit, and'means for securing the edges of the superimposed members to each other and to the lining for defining a pocket with the lining section and a passage between the members to the slit, the flap being left free and being on the member which is outermost from the lining section in the superimposed relation, the flap being foldable over the free edge of the other member and into the pocket formed between the lining section and the men!- bers.

- HERMAN B. KIRSCH.

EMILE ORINSKY. I

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Certificates of Correction Patent No. 2,521,377 September 5, 1950 HERMAN B. KIRSCH ET AL.

It is hereby certified that error appears in the printed specification of the above numbered patent requiring correction as follows:

Column 3, line 66, for the Words and halves read ofyhaloes;

and that the said Letters Patent should be read as corrected above, so that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Office.

Signed and sealed this 12th day of December, A. D. 1950.

THOMAS F. MURPHY,

Assistant Commissioner of Patents. 

